Wings Of Hope Poem by Liilia Talts Morrison

By brick lined gutters filled with trash
he sits upon the curb
the gray and blighted scene awakes
old feelings that disturb

Hope languishes on this sad street
without an exit sign
barbed wired thoughts arise in him
on painful borderlines

From deep within this lonely soul
black wings begin to rise
soon overwhelming in their size
and birdlike in disguise

Hope springs from littered pavement cracks
as wings of flight emerge
to lift the soul of earthbound man
as flights of spirit surge

Oh hope oh key to open doors
to brighter days to come
oh may creative wings arise
and banish ghoulish slums.